Van Johnson

WINTER HAVEN — The final pieces of Legoland Florida's restoration of Cypress Gardens are in place: On Wednesday, the theme park reopened its famed Florida-shaped swimming pool and its Oriental Gardens, which have been unavailable to guests for years.

"This is really about a meeting of the old and the new," said general manager Adrian Jones, standing in front of the pool with 9,800 floating Lego bricks, edged with grapefruit and oranges.

The pool was constructed for the 1953 film "Easy to Love," starring Esther Williams and Van Johnson. Later, Cypress Gardens owner Dick Pope Sr. used it to promote the attraction.

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